Friday Film

This is one of my favorite interviews. It's even better as a film!

New Banner

My in-house designer husband created this new little banner for me. It fits MMITM's aesthetic perfectly, don't you think?

In other blog news, I keep meaning to feature more of my own photos here -- preferably ones NOT taken with an iPhone. It's too easy and the images tend to be mediocre. I'd also like to be better about suggesting recipes. We cook all the time and I miss sharing (appetizing) pictures of our meals. Hoping to work on these two blog goals next month! Any other suggestions? Bring it on.

New Music Tuesdays

We saw Phosphorescent last week and were pleasantly surprised by the opener, Caveman. When does that ever happen? This particular song has been out for over a year but is new to me!

Bookmarked

via Beautiful Nomad

+ Brett's paramedic instructor from Portland made the New York Times!

+ How to keep a gratitude journal.

+ I want to make everything here...

+ Great pep talk on habits (highly recommend reading her book if you haven't already)

+ Decluttering, making space, mindfulness at home - all good things!

$6 Flowers

I couldn't resist grabbing these at Harris Teeter yesterday. $6 for two batches seemed too good a deal to pass up. And what better way to start a new week than with some living color? Told you I was a flower girl...

How Cooking Can Change Your Life

Can we all agree that Michael Pollan is awesome? She does!

Happy Birthday, Carson!

We had a great weekend celebrating my not-so-little brother's 22nd birthday with Devil's Backbone, chili, angel food cake, and a wintry hike on the Chessie Trail. We love you, Carson! Colorful bunch aren't we?

29 Ways to Stay Creative

(c) Daily Infographic

Saipua

(c) Sarah Ryhanen

If I could afford to buy a big, hearty bouquet of flowers once a week, I would! Maybe someday I'll be able to enjoy such a luxury. Until then, I'll admire Sarah's beautiful company, website, and images. 

Friday Film

Everybody matters.

Career Advice

Afternoon slump? Pour yourself a cup of tea and read through George Monbiot's excellent career advice. It will certainly leave you feeling more motivated than before.

New Music Tuesdays

I've always loved Real Estate's beachy, carefree sound. Their upcoming album, Atlas, is due out in March. And they just announced a Charlottesville tour date!

Birthday + More Thoughts on Resolutions

via here

It's a new week and I'm a year older! My birthday was filled to the brim with good people, conversation, places, and food. My heart felt full (a common feeling, as of late) and I remain grateful for the many blessings in my 29 years.

It's nice to finally feel back to normal after a slow and sick start to 2014. I was able to really practice my patience right out of the gates. It was quite a lesson! Speaking of, I continue to read a lot of posts on resolutions and goals which leaves me feeling energized and inspired. Now, how to keep this momentum going?

Minneapolis Apartment Tour

(c) Wing Ta

I'm smitten with this little mid-west abode. It has 3 of my most favorite elements - exposed brick, white walls, and hardwood floors. The pup's not too bad either!

29

I'm celebrating my 29th birthday today and this is how I feel about it!

Bookmarked

Paris, France

+ to add more color and adventure in your life

+ to try new recipes

+ to read offline

+ to start with why

+ to take advantage of the people and places around you

+ to gain creative confidence 

+ to listen

Frozen Beauty

(c) Thomas Zakowski

I found these images to be eerily beautiful. The polar vortex has had its way with these lighthouses and left it breathtakingly frozen. Thanks for the link, Caro!

New Music Tuesdays

Such a beautiful cover.

Stay Glad

To continue the resolution talk, here are Woody Guthrie's from 1942. He was 30. A few favorites are wash teeth if any, don't get lonesome, keep rancho clean, and stay glad.

Mindful

Sauvie Island, Oregon

Everyday I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It was what I was born for — to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world — to instruct myself over and over in joy, and acclamation. Nor am I talking about the exceptional, the fearful, the dreadful, the very extravagant — but of the ordinary, the common, the very drab, the daily presentations. Oh, good scholar, I say to myself, how can you help but grow wise with such teachings as these — the untrimmable light of the world, the ocean's shine, the prayers that are made out of grass?

-Mary Oliver

Sick Saturday

Sick and in bed with my annual bout of tonsillitis. Thank goodness for antibiotics! I should be good as new by tomorrow. For now, I'm chipping away at my Netflix queue.

1. Stealing Beauty
2. The Artist (who knew a silent film could be so entertaining?)
3. Big Night
4. Emma

Resolutions

via here

My resolutions tend to be the same year after year: read more, spend less time on the computer, save money, drink green juice. In 2014, I really want to focus all my attention and energy on patience. Patience with family, friends, and strangers, patience in my job and career, patience in the day to day, and patience in planning for the future. Truth: I may be a yogi, but I am not always good at waiting or letting things roll off my back. So with that, here's to taking deep breaths and letting things happen naturally!

A Brand New Year

via here

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time; it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living. Each day is the same, so you remember the series afterward as a blurred and powerful pattern. 

- Annie Dillard